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1 Timothy 3:9 KJV
1 Timothy · chapter 3 · verse 9
Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.1 Timothy 3:9 · King James Version
1 Timothy 3:9 in context
7Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
8Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
9Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
11Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- consciencesyneidēsisthe consciousness of anything, the soul as distinguishing between what is morally good…G4893 →
- Holdingechōto haveG2192 →
- mysterymystērionhidden thing, secret, mystery, generally mysteries, religious secrets, confided only to…G3466 →
- faithpistisconviction of the truth of anything, belief in the NT of a conviction or belief…G4102 →
- purekatharosclean, pure, physically, purified by fire, in a similitude, like a vine cleansed by…G2513 →
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We have here the character of deacons: these had the care of the temporal concerns of the church, that is, the maintenance of the ministers and provision for the poor: they served tables, while the ministers or bishops gave themselves only to the ministry of the word and prayer, Act 6:2, Act 6:4.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-13